Hey folks - myself
@Nystical and
@QTesseract spent some time yesterday thinking of a possible plan for next turn with all the new info. Please suggest changes to it as desired.
Plan: Doof VS The Forces of Evil
[M] Dinosaur Cavalry - Khan
[D] Reach out to Shego - Vanessa
[D] Recruit Wendy - Goofy
[St] Comedize our supply chain - Coyote
[St] Buy out Lee Industries - Hego
[In] Look for Marco - Russ
[In] Investigate Toffee - Mirage
[L] Dinosaurs? - Jumba
[L] Doppelganger AI - Von Drake
[O] Alchemy? - Tobe
[LOVEMUFFIN] - Rebrand Insuricare
[Dickens] - Look for Princess Star Butterfly
[P] Spellbook
[P] Dickens
[P] Tinker with Inators
[P] Roger
Monogram - Reform OWCA
Dennis - Search for an instructor
Technor - Psychoanalyze
Janna - Study magic with Feldrake
Max - Play Video Games
Lizzy - Be Social Janna
Reasoning
Martial
I currently suspect that dinosaur cavalry is going to be a martial action since it probably encompasses training our PMC to ride dinosaurs. With Khan on it, it's possible we'll be able to leapfrog the 'Find A Steed' action. Even if we can't, I wouldn't want anyone but the lord of the steppes training our cavalry
Diplomacy
There are a lot of Diplomacy actions that we urgently need to take. Here's my reasoning for why I think we should take these. Firstly, we have been far too reliant on Goofy this quest. We could really use some diplomacy heroes to ease the burden on him. With Mirage pulling triple duty with steward-intrigue-diplomacy, she's just not the pick. We decided to get two diplomacy actions a turn, now it's time to reap the benefits. To do that, we need Wendy. Others have mentioned that she'll also be useful as we make strides in AI development.
Secondly, reaching out to Shego. She's probably the biggest true opponent of the SRA. Forming a combined response with her against the act could both cement our alliance and our position as pro-super (without appearing weak to Doom). This could also yield information on the Middleton Drug Ring
I decided not to approach the SRA actions directly this turn because of how vital the two above actions are. But I still want that momentum Mirage was talking about. That's why we need to...
Stewardship
Rebrand Insuricare! They're historically known for their anti-super policies. If we very publicly reverse them, we can get the ball rolling on our pro-super position. This has got to be worth more than the ranting and raving Doom is doing. He shouts about how supers should be treated better. We make it happen. Now, I have LOVEMUFFIN assigned to this currently for reasons I'll go over in a bit. If this DC turns out to be fairly high (I don't expect it to be), I'll be sure to pull them off it.
I'd like to comedize our supply chain in order to lower the DC for moving Castle Doofhawk and start putting these refugees to work! I originally wanted to move the castle but the DC is still a tad high right now and someone pointed out the importance of shattering the stereotype of toons being lazy
Finally, I want to buy out Lee Industries. I've spoken before about how important it is to procure the company as we move into (flying) vehicle manufacturing. Someone else pointed out, however, that Janus Lee has three diplomacy pips! We could get him on-side if we purchase his company.
Intrigue
So the issue with intrigue actions and Toffee is that we really have no idea what the DCs are. I think we all agree it's important to look into Toffee, find Star, and find Marco. Instead of spending time defending that (though I absolutely will if someone asks), I'd like to list their important
Find Star - The rightful Queen of Mewnie. She probably has the most information to give us and could be a solid occult hero if she comes into the fold. I would be thrilled to get her on side. She's managed to evade Toffee and take down robots for months to years so I imagine her statblock is quite good. Janna also needs her for her mental health (and loyalty)
Find Marco - As above, but he's not the Queen of Mewnie and he didn't grow up as a magical princess. He's probably still quite good though.
Investigate Toffee - Knowing is half the battle! We should try to glean whatever we can from Toffee. Fortunately, the DC is fairly low and could be lowered further by the tarot and cleave interludes.
Learning
Dinosaurs. I added the question mark because I'm not sure which dino actions will fall under learning and which will be appealing. If none of them are all that interesting, I'd slot him on human genetics
Doppelganger AI. This is the next step to making Norm into a real boy, reaching out to Drossel, and becoming scarily good at intrigue. I'd be thrilled to out-do ENCOM in AI and I think that's the next step after this.
Occult
It's difficult to predict what we'll be doing in occult since the occult actions seem to shuffle each turn.
Personals
So getting an occult stat before the auction is an absolute must, which is why I want to study the spellbook. I added tinker with inators because, as Nystical pointed out, we have some seriously powerful inators on the list, both for good and ill. We could wind up with something tremendously powerful with a good roll. I'd also like to continue talking to Roger because I expect him to be a good diplomacy and stewardship hero. Plus it's good for Doof's health. Finally, I don't think I have to defend hiring Dickens.
Monogram - Reform OWCA
Self-explanatory
Dennis - Search for an instructor
I would be thrilled if Dennis could wind up with a truly impressive martial score. There's little more hilarious than Dennis sandwiching Doom into the ground or something along those lines
Technor - Psychoanalyze Janna
Yes.
Janna - Study magic with Feldrake
I imagine there will be some contention here. My argument is that we're going to be relying on Janna's occult skill
quite a lot. If we buff her occult skill now while we're not running around like headless chickens, we'll be able to benefit from it during Xanadu, during the auction, and during the fight against Toffee. This might also unlock more info on Feldrake's questline or more of Feldrake's abilities.
Max - Play Video Games
I don't feel very strong about this, but it could give us info on the digital masquerade.
Lizzy - Be Social
I've heard some voices advocating for excavating research as her personal action. But are we willing to commit one or more personal actions
and a learning action for superior digging? What would we use it for? Would that really be more useful than doppelganger AI or dino meat? I don't see us needing excavation in the coming turns. Conversely, Lizzy could fit well into a Black Ops team if she learns to work with a team. Even better, it gives Janna someone to lean on.
